Shoe-maker s rasping-tool



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T. S. WHEATLEY.

SHOE MAKERS EASPING TOOL. No. 820,733. Patented June 23,1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS SCOTT WHEATLEY, OF MAHANOY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-MAKERS RASPlNG-TOOL.

$PECIE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,733, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed April 25, 1885.

To whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS S. WHEATLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Mahanoy City, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Makers Rasping-Tools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved rasp or device for removing the proj ecting ends of pegs from boots and shoes. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 00 :r in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail View illustrating parts of the invention detached from each other.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This'invention relates to that class of devices which are used by shoe and boot makers for the purpose of removing the projecting ends of the pegs from the insides of boots and shoes; and it has for its object to providea device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of sim )licity, durability, and

general efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates an upright or standard,which is provided with rearwardly extending flanges B B, the upper ends of which form jaws C C, for the reception of a transverse pin, D, on which is pivoted a plate, E, by means of a pair of lugs, F F, extending downwardly from the under side of the said plate. The latter is oval or elliptical in shape, and it is provided in its upper side or surface with a pair of perforations, G G, which are adapted to receive lugs HH, extending downwardly from the rasp-plate I, which latter is secured detachably to the said (No model.)

plate E by means of the said lugs and a setscrew, J. The said rasp-plate is serrated in the usual manner, or provided with teeth facing in opposite directions, so as to be capable of removing the projecting points of the pegs from the heel or toe, as the case may be.

K is a rod arranged to slide vertically between the flanges B B of the upright A, and. the upper end of which is connected pivotally with the under side of the pivoted plate E at the upper end of the upright A, which said plate may, by means of the said sliding rod, be tilted or adjusted to either a horizontal or to an inclined position, as the case may require.

The lower end of the rod K is provided with a forwardly extending lug, L, extending through a slot, M, formed vertically in thelower end of the upright A, between the flanges B B of the latter, and also through a vertical slot, N, in a slide-plate, 0, arranged to move vertically between the lower ends of the said flanges B B. The plate 0 is also provided with a lug or stud, 1?, extending through the slot M in the lower end of the upright A. The said lug or stud P forms a foot-piece or treadle, by means of which the device may be conveniently manipulated.

Upon the foot-piece Q, which supports the upright A, with its flanges B B, is mounted a block or upright, R, arranged to bear against the slide-rod K, and to hold the latter in contact with the upright A. The said block, or guidepiece, as it may be termed, is connected adj ustabl y to the foot-piece Q by means of a bolt, S, working in aslot, T, anditis provided at its upper end with bearings for alongitudinally-sliding bolt, U, forced in aforward direction by a spring, V, and bearing against a pin, W, extending transversely through the said bolt, which latter is thereby adapted to engage any one of a series of perforations, X X, in the sliding bar K, causing the latter to be retained securely in any position to which it may be adjusted.

The slide-plate O is provided with beveled flanges Y Y, as shown, so that by moving the said slide-plate in either an up ward or a downward direction the flanges will bear against the pin \V and throw the pin or bolt U out of engagement with the slide-rod K, allowing the said rod to be raised or lowered in its desired position.

From the foregoing description,taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood. The general construction is simple and inexpensive, and the adj ustment does not necessitate the removal from the device of the boot or shoe while it is being operated upon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a shoe-makers rasping-tool, the combination of a flanged upright, a plate pivoted to the upper end of the same and having a detachable rasping-tool, a vertically-sliding rod connected pivotally with the said pivoted plate and having a lug at its lower end, a foot block or plate having a sliding pin or bolt adapted to engage perforations in the lower end of the my own I have hereunto affiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS SCOTT WHEATLEY. XVitnesses:

THos. E. TREGELLAS, THOMAS HORNsBY. 

